Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Cymbopogon martini
Scientific Name and Description
Cymbopogon martini (Roxb.) W. Watson
Herb Family
Plant type
Grass
Plant Synonyms
Plant Synonyms
Andropogon martini ROXB
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| English | ginger grass, palma-rosa, rusha grass |
| Hindi | gandhabel, gandhej-ghas, makora, merchya, mirchagandh, motio, piriya ghas, rousa-ka-aitr, rousa-ka-tel, rusa, rusa ghas, rusha |
| Kannada | anche hullu, anchi hullu, anchit hullu, bhootika hullu, bili dodda, chatta hullu, chippu hullu, kaachi hullu, kaachihullu, kaashi hullu, kaashihullu, kaasi hullu, kaavancha, kachi gedde, kachi kaddi, kasavre hullu, kasi hullu, kunthi hullu, maarvali hullu, nanj hullu, nase hullu |
| Malayalam | sambharappullu |
| Marathi | kusatan, rhus sugandhi, roshsagavath, rusha |
| Sanskrit | bhustrina, bhustrnam, dhyamakah, mulatrina, rohisa, rohisah |
| Tamil | cukkunarippul , cunnarippul, curaippul, kacattampul, kaippuppul, kamakshapullu, kamaksippul, kannam pillu, kannam pullu, kavattam pul, kavattampillu, kavattampul , kavattan pullu, kavattan-pillu, mantappul, munkilpul |
| Telugu | kachi gaddi, kamachi-kassuvu, kanchi, kashy gaddi, nimma gaddi |
| Tibetan | bu sra ni, bu sri na (p), li ga dur |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Ayurved
Siddha
Sowa Rigpa
Herb usable parts
Whole plant
Ethnopharmacology use
Cymbopogon martini (Roxb.) W. Watson Grass Whole plant Typhoid; on grey hair for blackening General Rajendran et al. 2002
References
Literature
Literature
Rajendran et al. 2002
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Published 11 February 2019 http://dx.doi.org/10.32859/era.18.4.1-112
Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions (FRLHT)
The National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Department of AYUSH